Actress Kirstie Alley attends the “Kirstie” premiere party at Harlow on December 3, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 6:00 PM PT – Monday, December 5, 2022

American actress Kirstie Alley has died at the age of 71.

Though Twitter on Monday evening, Alley’s children True and Lillie Parker, announced the passing of their mother.

Alley suffered from cancer. Her children announced that she only recently discovered that she had the disease. It is not yet known what kind she had. She passed away at the Moffitt Cancer Center located in Tampa, Florida.

She is best known for her hit television show Cheers and her countless movies including the popular film Look Who’s Talking.  

Throughout her long career, Alley won many awards. She won a Golden Globe and an Emmy in 1991 for outstanding lead actress. Additionally, she won a second Emmy in 1994 for her portrayal of Sally Goodson in David’s Mother.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft flew past the moon on Monday, December 5, 2022. (NASA via AP)

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 5:58 PM PT – Monday, December 5, 2022

NASA’s Orion capsule will return home after completing its un-manned mission to the Moon.

On Monday, NASA provided live coverage of the spacecraft’s flyby of the Moon. The live feed showed the spacecraft harnessing the gravity of the Moon and accelerating back towards Earth.

Orion began its return to Earth on Dec. 1st after exiting a lunar orbit thousands of miles beyond the Moon where NASA had been testing its systems. This was conducted to better understand the spacecraft before sending out astronauts to Moon and beyond for future missions.

Officials at the space agency gave an update on its Artemis mission Monday, showing the capsule flying by the dark side of the Moon.

In a live coverage of its return to Earth, Orion is expected to splashdown off the coast of San Diego on Sunday. The Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) recovery team from NASA, along with the U.S. Navy, will recover the spacecraft.

The next scheduled mission for the spacecraft will be 2024. It will include astronauts on board.